"And now, the movies I've been in, I never give them a moment's thought. Every movie I've ever been in, I just avoid," he said.

LOL, he finally said something I completely agree with. I honestly thought his performance in Red October dragged the entire movie down.

Must have been something in that Russian cigarette that he had to smoke.

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I used to say I live my life a quarter mile at a time and I think that's why we were brothers- because you did, too. No matter where you are, whether it's a quarter mile away or half way across the world. The most important thing in life will always be the people in this room. Salute mi familia. You'll always be with me... And you'll always be my brother.

"And now, the movies I've been in, I never give them a moment's thought. Every movie I've ever been in, I just avoid," he said.

LOL, he finally said something I completely agree with. I honestly thought his performance in Red October dragged the entire movie down.

I agree . I honestly cant think of a single movie that I liked him in. not one. He is not a very good actor and his voice, don't get me started. Maybe it was all the Thomas the tank engine episodes I sat through that he voiced but it gives me the heebie jeebies..

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There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far~ ruminations

Circus is right, ALEC BALDWIN was kind-of awesome in MIAMI BLUES. BALDWIN interviewed GENE WILDER, whom I admire, for TCM... he did most of the talking (kind of like ROBERT OSBORNE with ANTHONY HOPKINS as guest programmer just the other day). Didn't ALEC BALDWIN quit acting years ago and sort-of, kind-of, slipped back into it...?

He's truly excellent in The Cooler, the film that snagged him an Academy Award nomination. He lost to Tim Robbins in Mystic River. I think he'd make a great straight man in a comedy, or a great ***hole (isn't that what he is in Miami Blues?). As a lead in heroic roles, he's pretty bland though.

Isn't Miami blues the one with that actress, I cant remember her name, that is supposedly from Okeechobee FL but talks like a backwoods dumb ass? That drove me freaking crazy. I have family in Okeechobee and believe me, they do not talk that way.

I know, off topic, but whenever I think about miami blues that is the only thing I remember about the movie.

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There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far~ ruminations

Some would say Baldwin quit acting years ago, although that never stopped him from accepting new roles.

Liked him in GLENGARRY. Was good in THE COOLER, though I didn't find either the movie or the performance extremely memorable. I've also caught the TV show "30 Rock" a couple of times and thought he was funny in that. Lost respect for Alec when he didn't actually move out of the country if Bush elected, as he promised us. Won't miss him onscreen.

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"The basic plot is that Donna Speir and Hope Marie Carlton, the two undercover DEA agent Playboy Playmates from the last movie, are still running around in jungle shorts, cowboy boots and spaghetti strap T-shirts, firing their machine guns at drug smugglers, Filipino communist guerrillas, and corrupt federal agents while their two friends, Lisa London and Miss May 1984 Patty Duffek, lounge around the pool a lot and talk on speaker phones that look like fax machines."-Joe Bob on SAVAGE BEACH

Isn't Miami blues the one with that actress, I cant remember her name, that is supposedly from Okeechobee FL but talks like a backwoods dumb ass? That drove me freaking crazy. I have family in Okeechobee and believe me, they do not talk that way.

I know, off topic, but whenever I think about miami blues that is the only thing I remember about the movie.

Yep. But, I've never taken that as a representation of the whole of Okeechobee. It's just one person, she's young, dumb, naive and the film is just following the book.